Fire destroys Holter farm buildings near Middletown
A fire at Edward F. Holter’s Holter farm two miles south of Middletown caused extensive damage Thursday afternoon, with losses including a three-story bank barn, dairy barn, wagonshed, corncribs, hog pens, and a chicken house. Livestock losses included eight Holstein heifers, two breeding bulls, and a hog, plus large quantities of hay straw and grain. Eight fire engines fought the blaze, aided by local departments, with partial insurance cited and ownership split between Holter and lessee Manville Coblentz.
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Edward F. Holter
Middletown
Holter
Braddock Heights
Frederick
Earl R. Kepler
Manville Coblentz
Coblentz
Fire destroys barn dairy buildings at Tocoway Farm
A fire at Tocoway Farm near Blue Mountain Camp destroyed the dairy barn and a Holstein cattle building. A shed and a large chicken house were saved, with other outbuildings damaged. Fire departments from Frederick Middletown and Thurmont responded, a false second alarm was canceled.
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Frederick
Merril Ifert
Coblentz
Kepler
Holter
Middletown
Braddock Heights
the Heights
Independents County
Independents’ City
Tucaway Farm
Blue Mountain
Catoctin Furnace
Thurmont
Studebaker Workers Vote To Accept Pay Cut At Plant
In South Bend Indiana on August 12 CIO UAW members voted 5264 to 622 to accept a wage reduction aimed at avoiding a Studebaker plant shutdown. The plan would trim pay by about 14 percent, with $12 to $20 weekly losses. The vote followed earlier rejection and a company warning of closure.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
CIO
United Auto Workers
William Ogden
Walter P. Reuther
Cio-Uaw
Studebaker Corp
Follansbee Steel sale offer and merger plan announced
A New York led group offered about nine million dollars for Follansbee Steel assets. The board approved a merger with Murchison interests of Dallas, Texas, to form a continuing company under a new name. The plan includes acquiring Consumers Co of Chicago and Frontier Chemical Co of Wichita, Denver City, and Denver City, with stockholder approval required for both the sale and merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Frederick W. Richmond
New York
Follansbee ‘Steel Corp
M. A
Follansbee Steel
Aluminum Triple Track Storm Windows and Doors Ad
All aluminum triple track storm windows and doors offered with estimates. Call M L Summers for estimates in Frederick Maryland route 2. Phone movement 2 2678.
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Summers Frederick, Md
Locusts Invade Eritrea Amid Mixed Local Receptions
A five mile wide by three mile deep locust swarm has entered Eritrea, shocking streets in Asmara with grasshoppers. Locals warm to the insects as a delicacy, while fish eating plants help keep irrigation channels weed free.
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Eritrea
Rome
East
Afri
Ansa
Asmara
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